Students present at Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies  

12-10-08

Conference of Medival and Early Modern Studies
Lycoming College participants at the third annual Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, included: Janet McGlade, kneeling; seated from left: Dr. Todd Preston, assistant professor of English, and Dr. Cullen Chandler, assistant professor of history; third row from left: Tom Musser, Maranda Ward, Amanda Burt, Denise Carlin, Kristina Manente and Amanda McGee; back row from left: Matthew Koppenhaver, Kevin Lasko and Patrick Gardiner

Eight Lycoming College students presented papers at Moravian College's third annual Undergraduate Conference in

Medieval and Early Modern Studies held Dec. 6 in Bethlehem, Pa.

Students delivered the following papers:
Denise Carlin, a senior history major from Buffalo, N.Y.: "Ruling and Religion in Medieval Spain"


Patrick Gardiner, a junior history major from Davidsonville, Md.: "Harold Godwinson in Normandy 1064: A New Look at Godwinson's Visit with William"


Matthew Koppenhaver, a philosophy and English-literature major from Bensalem, Pa.: "King Arthur, Star Wars, and The Lord of the Rings"


Kevin Lasko, a senior history and archaeology/culture of the ancient Near East major from Rockville, Md.: "Melding of Cultures: Anglo-Saxon Drinking Culture"


Kristina Manente, a senior history and archaeology/culture of the ancient Near East major from Middletown, Md.: "Robin Hood and the Social History of British Bandit Culture"


Amanda McGee, a senior history major from Williamsport, Pa.: "The Witch Hunts in Continental Europe, 1550-1700"

Tom Musser, a junior English-creative writing major from New Providence, Pa.: "Chivalry and 'Social Norms'"

Maranda Ward, a junior English-literature major from Hackettstown, N.J.: "A Comparison of Chaucer's Fourteenth-Century England and Troy"


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